Railroad tie



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, ATTORNEY.

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' v hp ili iatibn fiiea August 11, "1526. serfaina'i'ast'a his iif v i iii i f l j to r l ay ie The pr mary ob ect of this invention is the provis on, in [a manner as here nafter styrene, ofa railway tiefadapted' to rc-y a jsitione'd in lengthwise 'aline'ment and in ceivea 1wooclen r aiflIchair such manner 'a's to. provide for the ready-removal and re- E is -F 0fBQh dye-fth Tt Q andfil j e v e by ii body fei ffQ ing. el me t .is 1 11 'p'loyed to prevent flater'alfdisplacenient "of;

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The invention coiitemplatesthe provision of a tie constructed of steel, concreteor ether appropriate material, having; adj acent each end thereof a dove-tailed recess inthe center of the bottom of which .recess a bore or pocket is formed." Adapted to be placed in each of these recesses of a tie,'is a correspondingly shaped rail chair of wood through Which a tie body reinforcing rod .is passed to prevent lateral shifting of the chair. A rail is then placed upon the chair, and securing spikes arethen driven into the chair upon either side of the rail, in the usual manner. It'will be readily understood that the chairs cannot be moved laterally due to the engagement of the reinforcing rod therewith. Removal. and replacement of the chair is accomplished by withdrawing the rod and spikes whereupon the chair can be readily removed and a newv one placed 1nto pos1t1on without movlng rail 'or tie.

The invention will i be best understoodfrom a consideration of the following de-- tailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, with the understanding,

however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with. the showingof the drawing but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings 7 Figure 1 shows the tie embodying this invention, in top plan.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the tie, the section being taken upon the line 22 of Figure 1.

.Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of F igure 2. j r 1 I Referring now to the drawingin "detail wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several 'iT 'ji-odf fl, first; thet'ie b'odyl and are provided with secur meta 1: Th b dy maybe fam f 2 mists s e l sjd s' rei and, w hiahi Q bedded therein aset' oftubular nibers pospaced [relation "tubular ,ineinbers. said set' are indicated"'at"2,, 3 and ia-Ar ranged-.1be 'ow the z smhers 2.;- -Ia1 @j embedded iii-the n n'b n t in? hroilgh a ing nuts 8 It will bereadily understood that in the event of the fracture of the tie, if it is formed of cement, the nuts 8 can be tightened up upon the rods and the tie thusv held together'until such time as proper replacement th'ereofcan be'made.

Formed in one face of the tie body adjacent each end thereof, is a substantially dove-tailed recess '9.

eh; as t or tubular Efrem-the? l f views, {the tie body is indicated fby'the nu so v i g e t I Fitted into each of the dove-tailed re cesse's 9 is a correspondingly shaped wood I block 10 which constitutes a rail chair.

preventthe removal of the blocks. by an at-Y tempt to slide the same to the right or left, I

or in other words will prevent lateral displacement of the chair.

WVith a tie thus constructed and having the blocks in position inthe manner deplaced in V scribed, the v tie after being location, is' ready to receive the rails thereover. The rails, indicated by the numerals 12 are'laid transversely of the tie in the usual manner, across'the central portion of the blockslO. Securing spikes 13 are then driven into the blocks 10 tOLSBCLlIB the rails to theblocks in thesame way in which rails are ordinarily secured to" wood ties.

Formed in the upper face of the tie l, are t a plurality of recesses 14 in which a pick or f other tool may be engaged to draw the tie into'p0sition. V Y a The tubular members 2, 4 have their inner ends flush with the outer walls of the re' cesses 9,;and the tubular member 3 has its ends flush with the inner walls of'the recesses 9. The rod 6 extends, transversely readily. understood that a railcushion of approved material can readily be employedv of both recesses. V

From the foregoing description it Wlll be in connection with concrete or steel ties and .When such cushions become worn, split or rotten, they can-be easily and 'quickly'replaced without damage to the body of the Havingthusdescribed my invention what I claim is o LA railway tie of the character described, comprising'an elonfgatedbody hav ing a-transversely extending dovetail recess adjacent each end thereofla rail supporting cushion blockof dovetail shape mounted in .each of said recesses areinforcing rod cmcushion block of dovetail shape mounted in each of sa d recesses, a reinforcing rod-embedded in said body and extending through said blocks to prevent-lateral displacement thereof, and spaced tubular members enveli oping said rods, saidmembers flush with the walls of said recesses, said blocks having grooves in the lower faces thereof for the passage of said rod, a lowerreinforcingrod embedded in said body, and/a tubular member of the same length as the length of the tie body and enveloping said lowerrod.

-In testimony whereof, I afiix mysignature hereto.

KNOWLES s; CHARLWOOD.

'- bedded in said body and extending through i said blocks to preventlateral displacement 

